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Interpretation:
Among the compounds decane
Concept introduction:
Hydrocarbons are the compounds that contain only carbon and hydrogen in the molecular formula.
Answer to Problem 1CE
The compound decane
Explanation of Solution
The general formula for an alkane containing only single bonds is shown below.
Where,
• n is the number of carbon atoms.
Therefore, all the compounds obeying this formula are alkanes. In general, the compound having the hydrogen atoms two more than twice the number of carbon atoms is an alkane. Also, the compounds those are alkane have suffix “-ane” in their names.
All the compounds, decane
The compound decane
The number of carbon atoms are ten in the molecular formula. Therefore, the number of hydrogen atoms should be
The other compounds, decene
The compound decane
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